Is this an open book test?
will there be dates on it ? jk

ok ok …YOU ARE CORRECT SIR ….
I want to see the brilliance of Busch and Johnson

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Ric said…
“Carl was on probation from the last time for something like 6 weeks, which would have been up a couple of month ago. Unless he is on another probation, which is possible”

I was looking for youtube “Animal House” clip of Dean Wormer’s “Double secret probation” speech, but all I could find was this guy, and he is actually funnier(to me anyway; ) ( btw-I do not know him, I am not promoting him, I am not associated with him in any way, but I may have seen him and/or his brother at some NASCAR races before) gotta luv youtube…

IMHO a true bump and run loosens up the car in front of you and allows you to move past them. If you put their car into the wall, damage to other cars or not, is NOT a bump and run. BK did a classic bump and run (same are JJ and Kurt B a couple of weeks back) that is racing.

After intentionally wrecking another car, and unintentionally taking out a good portion of the remaining field is NOT the time to brag about it on national TV! That is just plain STUPID.

I think NASCAR is trying to be as consistent as they can. Every situation is different with a whole slue of different variables, and I’m not talking about them play favorites. I would not want to be the person trying to figure out if a driver should be penalized, for what reason, and how much of a penalty.

As for probation, I’m not sure if probation in one serious carries over to another series. Even if it does Carl was on probation from the last time for something like 6 weeks, which would have been up a couple of month ago. Unless he is on another probation, which is possible, I think he was in the clear. That however does not mean you can not go out and intentionally wreck someone, and expect nothing to happen.

I’m all for NASCAR to be pickier / less lenient on repeat offenders. Carl has showed IMHO for years that he is a repeat offender on playing dirty / wrecking other cars. The more I watch him race the more I do not like his overly aggressive racing style and his bullying on and off the track. I hate to admit it, but at first I kind of liked him, he was in my top 10. The last few years he has been closer to the bottom of my list and dropping like the rock.

Also, Carl has wrecked Brad twice intentionally without Brad’s being hurt. You can only go to the well so many times before your luck runs out – and it appears that Carl doesn’t consider the possible results of his actions before he acts.

This issue is not difficult at all. Jimmy Johnson and Kurt Busch showed us a few weeks ago what “have at it boys” is for two of the very best closed wheel drivers in the world. Nobody wrecked, even the causal fan easily recognized the brilliance of these two on the track, and everyone saw probably the most exciting final laps of the season so far. And no trash talking after the race from either of them. The entire thing was exactly what you’d expect from the very best in the world.

Now compare this to the tantrums of CE and the misguided conviction of BK that “fans want to see crashes”…

Once again I’ll ask the educated fan: would you rather see the brilliance of Busch and Johnson or the stupidity of Carl and Brad?

I’ll just add that if I want to see crashes I know where to go for that and I’ll buy tickets to the dirt tracks. There is a reason that those tickets are so much cheaper you know…

If he pushed him out of the way safely- even if Brad then lost control and spun out in the grass- it would be fine with me.

However, they got half the field involved and wrecked a lot of cars having their temper tantrum.

Therefore, they had to do something, regardless.

It’s pretty light I think, but when they collide again, what will NASCAR do then?

-W

What Edwards did can be seen on any dirt track on Saturday night, so to me…it’s just part of the sport.

Do I think it’s going to change the way everyone else races? No.

NASCAR’s ruling was a clear message for Carl and his anger problems/ego…not nescessarily everyone else.

Remember Brad is the one who has always hit Carl’s car first in every incident.

If someone pushed you out of the way every day in the lunch line would you continue to let them do it, just move behind them on your own or do something about it?

It really hurts Nascars credibility whenever they put a driver on “probation” and the driver messes up again and are not punished. Sixty Nationwide points is a joke to Edwards.

Nascar does have a history of suspending drovers from cup events based on Nationwide incidents, just not the “big stars” that being in a lot of money to the sport.

Dear Nascar,
You have become a joke, and I am just about finished with you for good.